Eastern High School Sustainability Essay

Sustainability of any long-term program is difficult in education, because there is always some new trend in the education world that the administrators want to attempt in order to improve their schools. Currently, the movement is the rotating daily cycle resulting in actual loss of instructional time and every student having their own iPad even though they are distracting during instruction. For Eastern High School, the sustainability of a new program like PBIS will have to face two obstacles: the change over of administration and their personal beliefs and the reaction and financial support of the program by the parents, guardians, and community.

Over the last eight to ten years ago, our school’s administration experienced a drastic changed with a new principal, four new vice-principals, a new Business Manager, and a new Director of Special Education. During this time, every year there has been changes made in either the technology, the grading system, instead of being arranged by grade level teachers are organized by departments, iPads have been introduced, changes in schedule to a four day rotating cycle, different programs being introduced every year, and all with minimal training and support. The joke in the

By outlining a precise timeline and continuing to support a program for more than a year or two, may potentially increase the teachers’ willingness “buy into” a new endeavor. Time is so precise that repeatedly placing all of your time and energy into something that does not last is frustrating and disappointing, especially when not everyone is on the same page. Possibly, providing teachers with positive rewards because they are following the intended program with consistency, fidelity, and enthusiasm could be